NYC deploys 500 more officers for precaution after massacre

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the beefed-up security would especially be deployed at key New York City institutions representing the gay community. The mayor said Sunday that the city remained on “high alert,” even though there were no credible threats.

As the workweek began, law enforcement officials were in Penn Station’s Amtrak area with a machine that’s used for swabbing bags to check for bomb residue. Transportation Security Administration officials, police and National Guardsmen dressed in fatigues patrolled the station — a fairly familiar sight since 9/11.

Security was boosted in response to the shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub that left 49 victims dead. The shooter was gunned down by police. President Barack Obama called it an “act of terror” and an “act of hate.” Law enforcement authorities said the gunman made a 911 call from the club in which he professed allegiance to the Islamic State group.

At Penn Station on Monday, elevator contractor Rob Penna said it seemed like authorities were overdoing the security. Then again, he added, “I guess it’s never enough.”

Printing engineer Jose Diza said more security was always better, even though he felt safe.

“I’ve been coming here for 50 years and never had a problem,” he said.

On Monday evening, de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, both Democrats, were scheduled to attend a community vigil at the Stonewall Inn, which became a national symbol of gay rights after a 1969 police raid led to violent street riots.

On Sunday evening, a previously scheduled gay pride month event there took on added resonance in the wake of the shooting. Outside the bar, several hundred people packed the street, chanting, “No hate, no hate! More love, more love!” after hearing from a Muslim emigrant from Lebanon who called herself “gender nonconformist.”

A Monday night vigil for victims of the shooting was also planned on Long Island.